Tamales For Christmas

★ “A dazzling Yuletide remembrance.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review★ “A triumphant work jam-packed with activity and pure familial love.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review★ “Briseño’s text, from the point of view of a grandchild, is full of awe for this impressive matriarch.” —The Horn Book, starred review★ “Tamales for Christmas transports readers right into Grandma’s kitchen, filled with warmth, comfort and creativity….Briseño never loses sight of the holiday spirit.” —BookPage, starred review

Stephen Briseno is the author of The Notebook Keeper, which received the Pura Belpre Author Honor Award. He has taught middle school English for 15 years, and writes, reads, and drinks a ton of coffee with his wife and daughter in San Antonio, TX.

Sonia Sanchez paints with both traditional and digital brushes using layers of texture in her work to evoke emotion and movement. Her debut picture book, Here I Am, received two starred reviews and was nominated for the Eisner Award in the category of Best Painter interior art. She is also the illustrator of Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by Meg Medina, the 2020 Jumpstart Read for the Record Selection. Sonia’s art has been selected for the prestigious Society of Illustrators Original Art Show three times. She lives with her husband, son, and a sleepyhead cat in a blue house near the Mediterranean Sea.